At the moment. From lebanon two bombs exploded in beirut. Detonated within metres of each other in a southern suburb close to the Iranian Cultural Center and embassy. The red cross say two have been killed. 35 have been wounded. Stefanie dekker joins me now from beirut. Stefanie dekker, tell us what more do we know about the explosions. What we see is tense. There are conflicting reports. It was a car and a motorcycle, and also two car becomes. This news is coming in. We see wreckage of a car, in tront, as you said, of the Iranian Cultural Center. There is a flag on top. Building. This is a densely populated area. Its an apartment. I can see a shop and jackets. This is very much heavily populated and leaves people concerned. There has been around seven explosions since hezbollah said it was fighting. These scenes showing the implications its having in the country. Stephy, tell us more about where the bombs went off. In other words, tell us about the neighbourhood. Well, this is a shia
Continuess extremely quiet. Eerily quiet, bangladesh, has been slow, the the poltses have just closed and well have to wait to see what the turnout figure is when the Election Commission roshth the outcome of course also snoarch in advance. The violence not efnl omonths of buildup to this election but years and decades of deadlock between two virtual rivals, her rival the Opposition Leader halad azir under virtual arrest. The Prime Minister has determined undeterred. In her view they are the troublemakers while she upholds her countrys interests. But with the main Opposition Leader unvirtual house arrest and hundreds of activists in jail, it is hard to see this as a contest. Protests continue. Have is two hours north we found lawyers and activists representing the opposition bangladesh Opposition Party, before disappearing behind the courthouse gates. Here they say they are safe from arrest. Most say they face trumped up charges brought by government prosecutors to keep them quiet. And
World in preserving the species. But first, the ukrainian president says hes reached an agreement with Opposition Leaders and that follows what have been described by diplomats as difficult all night talks. Foreign minister from germany england an poanld were involved. Saying poland are evolved. This is the scene in Independence Square where the situation seems to become, it was the scenes of fearsest fighting on on earlier a group of Police Officers who had been glabtsed by supporters some leased. Be when they were led onto the, cathedral. Al Jazeera Andrew Simmons is with me now, andrew is in kiev. Reports of a deal. How much do we know about the content of the deal, andrew . Very little indeed steven but at the time certain that theres some sort of deal thats going to be signed within the next two hours, 12 midday local, 10 gmt. And that will be signed by the european representatives here, the minister from germany britain and poland, also the Opposition Party leaders. We do know th
Of prims. Thailands Prime Minister summoned for questioning by anticorruption investigators. Protesters demand press freedom for al jazeera journalists still behind bars in egypt a day of action. But we start in ukraine where prorussian protesters seized government buildings in the crimea region. The ukrainian interior forces and police have been put on alert. Wooden barricades have been erected at the entrance to the crimea supreme council. The area surrounding the building has been the scene of violent confrontations. They raised a russian flag as a possible challenge to the new leadership. We are joined live from the crimea. A russian flag flying from government buildings. Tell us what is happening now . Thats right. The russian flag flying from the building behind me. About 200 metres away. Thats the Parliament Building you can see over my shoulder. Inside armed men, professionals. We dont know who they are, but they are understood to have come in overnight. Security was not strong
Guerillas, working alongside the colombian military. They invited us to go into the mountains where people were displaced by a Paramilitary Group working in the area. Im steven cole. We are following breaking news at the moment. From lebanon two bombs exploded in beirut. Detonated within metres of each other in a southern suburb close to the Iranian Cultural Center and embassy. The red cross say two have been killed. 35 have been wounded. Stefanie dekker joins me now from beirut. Stefanie dekker, tell us what more do we know about the explosions. What we see is tense. There are conflicting reports. It was a car and a motorcycle, and also two car becomes. This news is coming in. We see wreckage of a car, in tront, as you said, of the Iranian Cultural Center. There is a flag on top. Building. This is a densely populated area. Its an apartment. I can see a shop and jackets. This is very much heavily populated and leaves people concerned. There has been around seven explosions since hezbol